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On December 05 2008 18:31 IntoTheWow wrote:
Is formatting an option? It will save you tons of time if you don't have any important documents on your pc.
He doesn't have to loose a thing
Really just reinstall windows rewrite over the current one but you will have to rename windows system folder to something else and it will boot from that system files
then what you do is get a backup device and backup all your important data then reformat your drive and install a clean copy of windows.
Helps speed things up if you have multiple HDD cuz then you could just move your files to that drive and reformat your system drive your other hdd shouldn't be touched unless you have something made not to be annoying but to be malicious. can't say how many times a process like that been speed up for me because i have 4 HDD (not very green of me but 1 performance drive with 3 storage give me a whole lotta of working room)
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Yeah I have like... 5000 icons. It'll definitely be off screen. And Pete, I can't run it.
The data execution prevention message comes up again when I try.
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On December 05 2008 18:32 Roxen000 wrote:
Wouldn't booting up in safe mode and using a restore point be a good option? It usually isn't.
That's more for restoring a system if it fucks up due to installing drivers etc
Once your system has been really compromised there is no good way around formatting/reinstalling. Even if you seem to have fixed the issue w/o reinstall the risk will still be great in the long run.
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On December 05 2008 18:36 MYM.Testie wrote:
Yeah I have like... 5000 icons. It'll definitely be off screen. And Pete, I can't run it.
The data execution prevention message comes up again when I try.
It's ok in safe mode go to c://documents and settings/username/Desktop and search for the download file there (if you saved it to the desktop).
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ah good stuff kk i'll try running that in safemode now... i dunno if the d/l finished tho.. is it fairly small?
meh nm i'll find out soon enough. =p
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14Mb~ according to my FFox.
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I'm going to sleep, good luck.
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I had that exact problem, found no other way to fix it than to empty my harddrive and start all over.
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TOASTY: this is no virus this is BSOD (blue screen of death), got same exactly same problem once and was my pagefile here is what you gota do
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic51365.html
edit just do this if problem continues check the rest of page:
Check that your pagefile is ok. Do the following.
Right click my computer, select properties, then the advanced tab.
Under performance, click settings. Click on the advanced tab and then on the change button.
Click on the custom size button and click in the initial size box, make the size of the page file 0. Click in the maximum size box, make the size of the page file 0.
Click set.
Now reboot your machine. After your system has restarted, run a defrag.
Once the defrag has finished, go back to the pagefile settings above and click on the change button. For the initial and maximum pagefile size make it 1.5 times the ammount of ram you have. I.E if you have 512mb of ram set the page file to 768mb.
Click on the set button again and reboot your system. You now have a brand new page file.
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Ok: Here's what happened so far. Went to safemode, found Spybot, installed spybot (after disconnecting the internet options) wasn't able to load spybot.
Afterwards I rebooted - safe mode - tried that again. Failed.
So I rebooted and tried to load it from the last settings windows worked (something I tried like 5 times before) and it miraculously worked.
after about like 30+ reboots tonight... or more.. (frustration)
All my icons are back... the start-up thing is back... there's a couple new messages at start-up... and I can't run spybot search and destroy still despite everything seeming normal now....
But I get this eerie feeling that this isn't the last of it. Atleast now I can read up on it and thanks for all the help. Now let's make sure we know what's wrong. I'm going to try Malongo's route right now.
I dunno why it'd work now but there's some msg's at start-up that have me scared, I shoulda kept them up there so I could write what they were (i'm afraid to reboot again.. obvious reasons). ;p
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zzz after setting the page initials etc to 0... i'm pretty scared to restart... =p
How do I run a defrag?
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questions:
did you install something other than spybot sd?
win version?
what does exactly your msg on startup say?
did you made somethig unusual, like installing or plugging a hardware of anykind (joystick, usb etc)?
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right click on your hard drive -> propiedades->tools-> defragmentation
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On December 05 2008 19:16 malongo wrote:
questions:
did you install something other than spybot sd? N
win version? Win XP
what does exactly your msg on startup say? The old one said what was in the OP. Now that it worked I don't know what it said because I closed it rather than leaving it up to write here (it was in the way and I couldn't move it)
did you made somethig unusual, like installing or plugging a hardware of anykind (joystick, usb etc)?
no, the only unusual thing I did recently was download a torrent for an anime (toradora) from animetake.com or something
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kkk
rebooting
*crosses fingers*
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then im pretty sure this is no virus, worst case scenario its your ram or procesor dying. But dont worry after that new pagefile and a defrag everything should go smoothly.
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Some info that might help you avoid such things in the future:
1. Keep your system on one drive and DO NOT store any valuable data there or install stuff that will be pain to lose (firefox, media players etc. are fine).
2. Turn off system restore completely (you would be surprised how many viruses/malware cease to work if you turn it off).
3. If you have 4(xp) or 8(vista) GB RAM - do not use pagefile, will speed things up incredibly.
4. Avoid keeping large number of icons on your desktop (10-15 tops).
5. If you followed the above advice and happen to have the same problem again, just format your sysdrive/reinstall windows. Takes about 30-45 minutes time (depending on system specs) and everything is ok again.
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hmmm disk defragmenter could not start
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On December 05 2008 17:59 hugitout wrote:
use a restore point?
retard?
Reboot in safe mode and go into msconfig and close basically everything that is starting up. Then run anti virus grisoft.com . Goood Luuuuck
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Try starting win explorer manually from task manager.
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